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Class problem help (Converter U-I)

Hello everyone, I have this problem where i need to propose the supply/input voltage and the output current (that I want to obtain) and then to calculate and choose the correct components so my circuit can work.

So, I choose the supply to 5V and the output that i want to obtain to 20mA. From my calculations, I got R = 250ohms, and i choose it 270ohms (standard). But now, my teacher wants to calculate the values for the NPN transistor and choose one properly (I choosed bc107a, but i dont think it's good, because i didn't make any calculations). I also tried to do my best with the schematic in orcad.

Diode is not a problem.
Problem: +V must be larger than Vi.
The voltage across R = Vi. For the transistor to work the voltage at the transistor's collector must be higher than Vi.
There is voltage across Rl.
If +V=12V, and Vacross Rl =2 volts then the transistor collector voltage will be 10V. Now a Vi of 0 to 5V is good.

Your new circuit has the output voltage of the old 741 opamp much higher than shown on its datasheet. With a +12V supply its maximum output voltage is typically about +10V. Then the transistor's emitter voltage will be about +9.3V and the emitter current will be 9.3V/270= 34.4mA.
But 34.4mA in the 1k load resistor needs a voltage of 34.4V that is not available.

The maximum current is 9.8V/1270 ohms= 7.7mA. Then the max emitter voltage is 2.1V and the max output of the opamp is +2.8V. The max input voltage is +2.1V.

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Thanks a lot guys!!!
I got it now, so: i choosed my Vi=5V and the output current (Ie) that i wanted to obtain (≈20mA), because this circuit it's an U-I Converter. AND i got the Ie to 18.52mA, which is very ok and i'm happy.

Now i have calculate the VCE on the transistor (with formulas and stuff) and choose the correct transistor from the catalog (i put BC107a because it's the only transistor i know ). Also, do you know what is the role of the diode in the whole circuit?

I showed you that your +5V input voltage is too high so the transistor is not controlling the current anymore when the input to the opamp is higher than +2.1V.

Your original circuit showed no power supply for the opamp so assuming it is the +5V and ground then the diode did nothing.
Now the opamp is powered from +12V and -12V so the diode prevents the output of the opamp from going negative enough to destroy the emitter-base of the transistor (max allowed is only 6V).

R2 is 1k and is the load. The emitter resistor is not the load. Ohm's law shows that 20mA in 1k needs a voltage across the 1k to be 20V. But the supply for the transistor is only +12V, far from 20V.
You correctly show the emitter current at 18.52mA but then the 1k collector resistor must have the same current then it will have 18.52V across it which is impossible.

Why don't you understand that when the transistor is turned on as hard as it can then increasing the input voltage does not allow the transistor to control the current anymore?

here's what i came up from
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newer built coz don't like the 10+W going smoking up to the air (the switched v. requires a pulse-TF - but the variyng voltages complicate the design ....)

that is a bit more constant -- as the OP had the same circuit here -- i thought it may give some insight to the subj.
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i don't understand your point the circuit is self describing - if you can read schematics - there should be no fuzz - if you think my input is irrelevant - vote it down , simple